Newly confirmed to speak at the 2009 UAF National conference...

Newly confirmed to speak at the 2009 UAF National conference -

Frances O'Grady Deputy General Secretary TUC
Mark Serwotka General Secretary PCS
Megan Dobney SERTUC
Wes Streeting NUS
Ennio Odino Italian Partisan and survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp

UAF NATIONAL CONFERENCE 21st February 2009 - TUC Conference Centre, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1 - 9:30am-4:30pm.

Other Speakers will include: Ken Livingstone, Glyn Ford MEP, Edie Freidman JCORE, Dr Abdul Bari MCB, Billy Hayes CWU, John McClure - Reverend and the makers, Weyman Bennett UAF, Sabby Dhalu UAF & NAAR, Martin Smith - Love Music Hate Rascism.

Last year’s Unite Against Fascism conference was extremely successful with over 500 people attending the event. This year’s conference will be an important event that will enable discussion on strategies that have been successful in defeating fascism and help us organise activity across the country to stop the BNP in these elections. There will be a number of practical workshop sessions dealing with ways of opposing fascists in the workplace and wider communities.

The conference will bring together sections of society that oppose fascism including trade unions, student unions, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other faiths, black, Asian, lesbian, gay and disabled communities, we urge you to attend.

Tickets will cost £20 for Organisation delegates, £10 for inviduals, Student/Unwaged £5 - 100 free student places available on a first come first served basis.

Registration forms are being sent via post and email and online registration will be available shortly. For further information or to request registration forms please contact UAF on 0207 833 4916 or unite@ucu.org.uk